1980 Mar 10 - 1986 Feb 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1976
Spain (Internal situation; UK/Spain relations) (Part 1)
Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
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Release date: | 2016 Jul 21 |
Classification: | Top Secret |
Page count: | 279 |
Any docs withheld? | 3 |
PREM19/1976 - download whole file (PDF, 197.04 MB)
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83 Mar 9 We | Major | Spain: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community affairs") [N. Ireland; subsidised exports to Soviet Union; negotiations with Spain on duty quotas for car imports; impact of falling oil prices; Lome Convention; food aid; 1983 CAP price fixing; UK budget problem] [declassified Jul 2016] |
85 Jun 4 Tu | Major | Spain: Prime Minister González letter to MT (Contadora Health Plan: international conference) [invites UK to participate] [declassified Jul 2016] |
83 Mar 7 Mo | Major | Spain: Parkinson PS letter to No.10 ("Spanish cars") [not briefed for meeting: communication issues arising from Parkinson's dual role as Cabinet Minister & Chairman of the Party] [declassified Jul 2016] |
85 Jun 6 Th | Major | Spain: MT letter to Sir Henry Plumb (Prime Minister's meeting with Manuel Fraga, leader of Alianza Popular) [MT agrees to meeting, following A.P. "signing of an agreement in principle" with European Democratic Group signifying alliance of non-socialist parties in the European Assembly] [declassified Jul 2016] |
83 May 19 Th | Major | Spain: UKE Brasilia telegram to FCO ("Gibraltar/Falklands") [Spanish Foreign Minister Moran: "We do not lay claims by force"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
84 Jul 18 We | Major | Spain: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo-Spanish relations: greetings from King of Spain") [cover note reporting HM Ambassador meeting with King] [declassified Jul 2016] |
83 Mar 4 Fr | Major | Spain: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Parkinson, Lord Cockfield, Hurd, Lamont) ["Spanish cars"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
84 Mar 29 Th | Major | Spain: No.10 note to Howe PS ("Spanish assessment of current British attitude on Gibraltar") [reply to FCO letter] [declassified Jul 2016] |
85 Feb 15 Fr | Major | Spain: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mottram, HM Ambassador Madrid, Spanish Minister of Defence Narcís Serra, Ambassador Bellacasa) [Gibraltar; NATO/European Community membership; Portugal] [declassified Jul 2016] |
85 Aug 31 Sa | Major | Spain: MT message to Prime Minister González ("French rail crash") [condolences] [declassified Jul 2016] |
83 Jan 10 Mo | Major | Spain: Prime Minister González message to MT (Spanish elections) [reciprocal courtesy note] [declassified Jul 2016] |
83 Feb 16 We | Major | Spain: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Ceuta and Melilla") [Arab Parliamentary Union calling for Morroccan sovereignty over Spanish territories] [declassified Jul 2016] |
80 May 19 Mo | Major | Spain: Centre for Policy Studies letter to MT ("Spain in NATO") ["if we do want this we should seek to do something about it soon"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
82 Oct 28 Th | Major | Spain: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Spain") [preliminary comments on likely policies of a Socialist government, on eve of General Election results: NATO; Gibraltar; EC] [declassified Jul 2016] |
82 Oct 29 Fr | Major | Spain: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("Spain and NATO") [message from newly elected Socialist government to "halt all negotiations"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
85 Aug 5 Mo | Major | Spain: MT letter to Prime Minister González (Contadora Health Plan: international conference) [British participation] [declassified Jul 2016] |
81 Feb 26 Th | Major | Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Prospects for new Spanish government: foreign policy aspects") ["dramatic events of this week have demonstrated that the return to democracy... is a continuing process in which Spain urgently needs the support of her foreign friends"; EC; NATO; Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016] |
81 Jan 30 Fr | Major | Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Suárez' resignation") ["surprised everyone... rumours of a major row involving the King, Suárez and possibly the army... Calvo Sotelo, if confirmed, would represent continuity rather than radical change"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
80 Sep 10 We | Major | Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("New Spanish Government") [analysis] [declassified Jul 2016] |
81 May 1 Fr | Major | Spain: Carrington minute to MT ("Spain/NATO") ["in the aftermath of the attempted coup d'etat, Sr Calvo Sotelo's government [intends] to accelerate the application for Spanish membership of NATO... might be possible to settle the Gibraltar impasse at the same time"] [declassified Jul 2016] |